Memorial Details
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Memorial
Prize Cogbill 1939-45 Grammar School
Reference
B15.14
Place
BEDLINGTON
Map ref
NZ 278828
Original Location
Bedlington Grammar School
Present Location
Bedlington High School
Which war
1939-1945
Memorial Description
Arthur Cogbill Memorial Prize, awarded annually for Spoken English. When the school was the Bedlington Grammar School, there was an Annual Public Speaking Competition, at which the Prize was awarded to a person who, it was felt, deserved it, and who was not necessarily the winner of the Competition. Now the prize is given to the winner.
Inscription
None
Names
Arthur Cogbill, who was a teacher at the School.
Cost
£100 was raised by public subscription 1944-45
Sculptor, Artist or Designer
None
Notes
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Bedlingtonshire Revisited (Six Townships Community History Group Publication, September 2006) contains a photo of Pilot Officer Cogbill.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses: Volume 8: Heavy Conversion Units and Miscellaneous Units, 1939-1947. W.R. Chorley; 2003, Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 156 3
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses: Volume 8: Heavy Conversion Units and Miscellaneous Units, 1939-1947. W.R. Chorley; 2003, Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 156 3
Research acknowledgements
Mrs. Wheallans, Bedlington High School; Janet Brown
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